Kaws

  • artist from Jersey City, NJ, did a lot of graffiti work and installations in NYC in the 90s
  • early work consisted of traditional graffiti on walls, billboards, and trains, later did satirical work on billboards, bus shelters and phone both advertisements
  • in the late 90s, Kaws emerged into mainstream pop culture collaborating with Medicom Toys in Japan
    • later did collaborations with A Bathing Ape, Nike, Burton, Trek just to name a few
  • he later went on to develop his own streetwear brand Original Fake with a shop in Harajuku, Japan

Screen_shot_2011-01-30_at_1.44.10_PM.png
Work from the early 90s

kaws04.jpg
Work from the early 90s

kaws01.jpgkaws02.jpg



More Recent Work:




kaws-saturated-show-exhibition-1.jpg
kaws_street_1.jpg
4' Figure

kanye-west-808-heartbreak-cover-kaws-529x540.jpg
Kanye West Album Cover Art

KAWS_01.jpg
Trek Bicycle collaboration